All businesses should have robust terms and conditions in place which set out the legal framework for the relationship between the business and its customers. This will help to ensure clarity and protection for both parties involved in commercial transactions.
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Alex Murray
Where an employee is discriminated against by their employer in relation to a protected characteristic, they can bring a number of claims under the Equality Act 2010. The protected characteristics set out in this Act are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
Continue ReadingBermans corporate partners Charlotte Mills and Laura McMorland and solicitor Nathan Hughes recently advised on a double buyout.
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We have recently made three strategic hires to bolster our litigation, asset-based lending recoveries and private client teams.
Mike Carter, Adam Tiesteel and Jobeth Copping-Barrett are all based in Bermans’ Manchester office.
Continue ReadingBermans Jon Davage and Laura McMorland recently advised the management team at Clarion Wealth Planning Limited on its management ownership transaction.
Continue ReadingWe’re proud to share that Bermans have been ranked in the following areas in the Legal 500:
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Rob Maddocks
On Thursday 10th October 2024, the Government published details of the Employment Rights Bill.
Key features of the Bill are:
Continue ReadingIt is with sadness that we announce that Bermans founder, Keith Berman, has passed away.
Bermans was founded in 1970 in Liverpool by Keith. By adopting from the start an effective approach which focused on achieving the Client’s business objectives quickly and economically, the Firm was able to make rapid inroads on a national scale and throughout the North West.
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Sarah Collier
The landscape surrounding sexual harassment in the workplace has changed significantly following the #MeToo movement dating back to 2017. Since then, following reports published in 2021 by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Women and Equalities Select Committee (WESC), the government acknowledged that existing legal protections against harassment in the workplace left room for improvement. It launched a consultation to consider sexual harassment in the workplace including whether a mandatory duty should be imposed upon employers to ensure employees are better protected from sexual harassment.
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Robin Hastings
The utilisation of Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs) as a way of exiting a business has grown massively in recent times. This is partly due to the considerable tax benefits it can propose for a selling shareholder, but also because of the long-term advantages it can create for the business subject to the sale.
This article summarises EOTs typical structures and highlights some of its key advantages– for both the selling shareholders and the company being sold.
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